Grand Qur'aan introduced concept of Human Homeostasis
Allah the Exalted has informed the humanity through the elevated universal Messenger Sal'lallaa'hoalaih'wa'salam in the passages of Grand Qur'aan about the concept/process of Human Homeostasis. The information is disclosed after swearing by four known objects which obviously reflects their relevance to human's maintainable state of exacting balance. It is for the biologists and the geologists to co-relate and derive linkages for the benefit of humanity, since it is beyond my capacity, being a man of ordinary prudence, to delve deeper on these subjects. We will only try to explain the meanings of individual words; grammatical parsing of the sentences and the semantic information embedded therein. We will relate the semantic information by using elementary knowledge of biology and geology which might provide a premises for further research to combat diseases that threaten and disturb human homeostasis.
Swearing is by the Fig and by the Olive; [95:01]
And by the long stretching parallel rock of the Peninsula of Sinai; [95:02]
And by [long stretching parallel rock] this Locality [Mecca valley], its attribute is that it is rendered safe and secure: [95:03]
This is to emphasize the veracity of the disclosure that Our Majesty has indeed created the Man to stay in the best proportioned stature-dynamic balance capable of stability and high rising. [95:04]
Allah the Exalted has informed the humanity about a fact relating to the creation of Man after swearing by mentioning two fruits and two geographical locations. The objective of making a statement by swearing is to emphasize the veracity of information. He the Exalted created the Man. But the information intended to be emphasized is about the circumstantial state in which he is created.
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It is Prepositional Phrase coupled with Possessive Phrase that relates to the
circumstantial clause of the sentence.:
It is a Comparative and Superlative noun termed
اسم
التفضيل
in Arabic. It refers one who enacts or
upon whom is enacted the base
meaning of the Root. It is noun of pre-eminence. In the superlative sense,
these adjectives must always have the article, or else be in the
construct state as is here.
The basic perception
infolded in its Root "
ح س ن" is that of balance and proportion. An exacting balance
and proportion makes a thing appropriate and possessor of beauty which
is positively delightful.
:
It is a Verbal Noun of Form-II; its Root
is " ق و م". The basic perception infolded in the Root is of
standing, straight position on feet
as
distinct from sitting, reclining or lying.
In physical terms, it is the most stable,
established and cautious state of strength, alertness and equilibrium,
which other postures of sitting, reclining and lying flat lack. This
state grants an ability to quickly react and respond to a sudden
threat, attack.
Balance and equilibrium strengthens a thing and grants it stability, prominence and durability. Balance and equilibrium also create a stationary state. This Root thus also conveys the meaning of staying somewhere. And the point of staying becomes a place of gathering.
Balance and equilibrium causes a state of peace and tranquility. In whatever shade the words derived from this Root are used the perception of balance and equilibrium, which is the primary condition of standing erect, shall remain predominant/prevail.
The foretasted information in Grand Qur'aan is termed in Human Biology as Human Homeostasis. Wikipedia states that the concept of homeostasis was first articulated by the French scientist Claude Bernard (1813-1878) in his studies of the maintenance of stability in the "milieu interior." He said, "All the vital mechanisms, varied as they are, have only one object, that of preserving constant the conditions of life in the internal environment" The term itself was coined by American physiologist Walter Cannon, author of The Wisdom of the Body (1932). The word comes from the Greek homoios (same, like, resembling) and stasis (to stand, posture).
Homeostasis in a general sense refers to stability, balance or equilibrium. It is the body's attempt to maintain a constant internal environment. Maintaining a stable internal environment requires constant monitoring and adjustments as conditions change. This adjusting of physiological systems within the body is called homeostatic regulation. [unquote]
It is thus evident that the concept of
Homeostasis was in fact introduced by the Grand Qur'aan in early 7th
century by an illustrative possessive phrase
:
the best state of Homeostasis. The choice of Verbal Noun instead of a
verb is quite revealing. It signifies that this state or phenomenon is
recurring; it is maintained.
Relevance of objects chosen for swearing to emphasize the creation of Man in the maintainable state of exacting balance:
The first two objects relate to plant kingdom:
Swearing is by the Fig and by the Olive; [95:01]
Noun:
Definite; singular; masculine; genitive. Lane's Lexicon describes it: The tree of the
بَلَس [or common fig; ficus carica]:
or the
بلس itself: [or both; i.
e.] a certain well-known kind of tree; and the
fruit thereof: [or the latter only;]
a certain thing that is eaten, well
known: fresh and ripe, it is the most
approved of fruits, and the most nutritious, and the
least flatulent; drawing, dissolvent, having the
property of opening obstructions of the liver and
spleen, and laxative; and the eating much thereof
engenders lice: it is a pleasant fruit, having nothing
redundant, and a nice food, quick of digestion, and a
very useful medicine, for it has a laxative property,
dissolves phlegm, purifies the kidneys, removes sand of
the bladder, opens obstructions of the liver and spleen,
and fattens the body: it is also said, in a trad.,
that it stops hemorrhoids, and is good for the gout: AHn says, there are many kinds thereof;
that of the desert, that of the cultivated land, that of
the plains, and that of the mountains; and it is
abundant in the land of the Arabs: and he adds, on
the authority of an Arab of the desert, of the Saráh,
that it is, in the Saráh, very abundant, and allowed
to be commonly taken; and is eaten by the people there
in its fresh state, and also dried and stored: the word
is Arabic: [a coll. gen. n:]
Fig (Ficus carica L.), one of the most ancient cultivated fruit trees in the Mediterranean region, which is the most important fig growing center worldwide, has recently drawn much attention because of its medicinal and nutritional values. The reason for early domestication of the fig is considered due to the simplicity of fig tree propagation, achieved by merely cutting and planting branches. Researches say that in horticulture, fig preceded other fruit trees, such as grape, olive, and date, by almost five millennia. Apart from Fig, appearing only once, other fruits mentioned in Grand Qur'aan are: date, olive, grape, and pomegranate.
Unlike other tree fruits, fig trees have no blossoms on their branches. The flowers actually develop inside the fruit. These many tiny flowers produce the crunchy little seeds which give figs their unique texture.
A unique feature of fig is the life cycle of pollinating fig wasp. An article in Wikipedia captioned Fig Wasp informs: [The life cycle of the fig wasp is closely intertwined with that of the fig tree it inhabits.
Though the lives of individual species differ, a pollinating fig wasp life cycle is as follows. In the beginning of the cycle, a mature female pollinator wasp enters the immature "fruit" (actually a stem-like structure known as a syconium) through a small natural opening, the ostiole and deposits her eggs in the cavity. Forcing her way through the ostiole, she often loses her wings and most of her antennae. To facilitate her passage through the ostiole, the underside of the female's head is covered with short spines that provide purchase on the walls of the ostiole. In depositing her eggs, the female also deposits pollen she picked up from her original host fig. This pollinates some of the female flowers on the inside surface of the fig and allows them to mature. After the female wasp lays her eggs and follows through with pollination, she dies. After pollination, there are several species of non-pollinating wasps which deposit their eggs before the figs harden. These wasps act as parasites to either the fig or the pollinating wasps. As the fig develops, the wasp eggs hatch and develop into larvae. After going through the pupal stage, the mature male’s first act is to mate with a female. The males of many species lack wings and are unable to survive outside the fig for a sustained period of time. After mating, a male wasp begins to dig out of the fig, creating a tunnel through which the females escape.
Once out of the fig, the male wasps quickly die. The females find their way out, picking up pollen as they do. They then fly to another tree of the same species, where they deposit their eggs and allow the cycle to begin again]
Detailed information about fig, its nutritional traits and as functional food may be studied in The Fig: Botany, Horticulture, and Breeding, which is available in PDF for free download at link http://figs4fun.com/Links/FigLink129.pdf. It can also be taken from here ***
Second fruit mentioned in relation to Human Homeostasis:
Noun:
Definite; singular; masculine; genitive. Its Root
is "ز ى ت".
It signifies Olive tree, olive fruit and olive oil. Words from this Root
occur 7 times in Grand Qur'aan, six times as Olive tree and fruit; and
once as its oil. This word is masculine and is a collective noun; but
once it is used with feminine gender
.
Learned Ibn Faris [died 1005] described its primary signification in these words:
طور
(مقاييس اللغة)
الطاء والواو والراء أصلٌ صحيحٌ
يدلُّ على معنىً واحد، وهو الامتداد في شيءٍ من مكانٍ أو زمان.
من ذلك طَوَار الدَّار، وهو الذي يمتدُّ معها من فِنائِها
That it leads to the perception of extent, span, and elongation of a thing with regard to space or time. An example of its application is to refer "the pavement, sidewalk of a house, dwelling which extends it to its faraway courtyard.
The Adjective resembling participle, or termed as Verbal Adjective, is a noun derived from an intransitive verb in order to signify the one who establishes an action or state with the meaning of permanence. This Adjective, like a verb, signifies the occurrence of an action or state. Likewise, it indicates an agent of that action or subject. It indicates that the subject or agent is described by the quality and that the attribute is considered to be a permanent attribute.
Homeostatic regulation involves three parts or mechanisms: 1) the receptor, 2) the control center and 3) the effector.
The receptor receives information that something in the environment is changing. The control center or integration center receives and processes information from the receptor. And lastly, the effector responds to the commands of the control center by either opposing or enhancing the stimulus. This is an ongoing process that continually works to restore and maintain homeostasis.
[The innate capabilities of the human body are constantly making adjustments to keep the body in balance; i.e. when energy is low we feel hungry and eat to restore the balance, when we have taxed our body enough it craves rest so we sleep to restore the balance, when we overheat the body sweats to cool us and restore the balance, etc.].
Principal Homeostatic processes include the following: